Posted by Lieutenant Commander Bethany Kovra Gadi (Chief of Security) in side-sim: New Rhythms

Posted by Lieutenant Junior Grade Aasrel Izei (Chief Medical Officer) in side-sim: New Rhythms

Posted by Lieutenant Commander Bethany Kovra Gadi (Chief of Security) in side-sim: New Rhythms
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“Such promises, Doc. I’ll hold you to them.” She entered the galley and made her way to the replicator and then a table. Bethany grinned as he joined her. On her plate was a single pulled pork BBQ sandwich. “Had to make sure I saved room for this mysterious, but oh so worth it dessert.”

Bethany

Aasrel eyed her plate, and then looked her in the eyes, grinning, and shook his head, pointing at the replicator. “Oh, no you don’t. Go put some greens on that plate.” He said, in a fake-stern tone.

~ Aasrel

“Ewwww greens? Those are so nasty. Do I have to eat greens?” Her voice picked up the unknown drawl again. She sighed and stood up. “If I had known you were gonna make me eat collards I would never ‘ave given you my word ta behave.” It was more pronounced the more she groused. She marched up to the replicator and then returned with a bowl, smaller than a cereal bowl, filled with something green. A dark green to be exact, some type of leaf that was very soggy and limp like it had been way over cooked, and smelled strongly of vinegar. She curled her nose at it and dutifully took a fork full.

Bethany

Aasrel gave the bowl a disgusted look and shook his head. “No, not that.” He said, swiping the bowl. He went back to the replicator and returned with a salad full of fluffy, crisp looking betazoid sweet greens, topped with some kind of berry and fruit. It smelled lightly of a topping, something sweet and tangy. He set it in front of her. “Try that.”

~ Aasrel

Bethany snickered quietly as he left. Yes she hated greens, but she had learned to eat them without complaint. When he returned she examined the salad and grinned. “My Hero.” It all looked familiar though she couldn’t recall the taste. She tried it, the berries were instantly familiar. They brought back the memory of an older man, standing in a kitchen she didn’t remember, and sneaking her cut up pieces of the fruit. There was much more to the memory, but Bethany didn’t want to look to closely. “I remember these.” Then with a grin she made very short work of the salad and sandwich.

Bethany

Aasrel finished his own food off quickly. “Better than soggy, nasty, buried in stinky sauce greens, huh?” He stacked their trays and grinned at her. “Dessert awaits. Let’s go.”

~ Aasrel

Bethany laughed, “I am sure there are foods from your childhood you didn’t like but had to eat. I can’t imagine anything worse than greens.” She stood and walked out of the galley with him. “And yes that was much better than the greens. Thank you for choosing it.”

Bethany

Aasrel gave her a look, “Of course there were! You just ate them!” He said and laughed. “No kid likes salads. Okay, some of them do, but mostly the weird ones. My mom put talaberries on it so I would eat it because they’re a very sweet fruit and I always liked them. You can also make a sauce out of them, and that’s called tala too.”

~ Aasrel

Bethany gave him a mock indignant look, “You tricked me.” She grinned briefly before looking thoughtful. “I think my grandfather used to make Tala. He would sneak me the berries while he made it. I was probably…4 maybe?”

Bethany

Aasrel grinned. “Into being healthy. Talaberries aren’t the best for you because of all the sugar but they’re better than no fruit.” He looked at her and smiled. “Tala is used in a lot of dishes. It’s very good.”

~ Aasrel